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Old   September 4, 2004, 09:06
Default CFX-5, FLUENT 6 or Star-CD? Which one is the best?
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Harendra Nath Mondal
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Could you please tell me which software will be best suited for 3D multi-phase reactive flow simulations including free surface. I am expecting your answer both in terms of accuracy, user friendliness, model setup and post processing ability. I had some exposure on using FLUENT 6.1, CFX-5.7 and STAR-CD 3.150 and our lab has all the 3 softwares. I found STAR-CD a little bit difficult to use. But it may be for new users only. May be it is very convenient for experienced users, I don't know. So could you please mention some advantages and dis-advantages of the three softwares.

Another question is: which software will be best suited for simulating crystallization?

Thanking you for your time and attention.

Best Regards,

-Harendra Nath Mondal

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Old   September 4, 2004, 10:52
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Each of these products has a dedicated discussion forum within cfd-online. You might want to check those first.

Beyond that, questions such as yours are asked weekly in this form. Try searching the archives for the main forum of cfd-online.
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Old   September 6, 2004, 11:27
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Try to be independent and ask for testing licenses. Then you have an overview!!!!!

OK????
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Old   September 7, 2004, 02:57
Default Many thanks to Jim_Park and Piet
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I have to do that. I tried a short-cut without success.
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Old   September 7, 2004, 11:45
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I doubt that any of the codes can handle free surface (vof) together with chemical reactions. Maybe FOAM (www.nabla.co.uk) can be used for that kind of problem.
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